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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
John Newsome was transported on the Atlas, departing 5th Jun 1819 and arriving 19th Oct 1819 with 167 passengers.
Atlas (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 174 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Smees Baptismal records show John (Newsome) labourer to be the father of Cordelia (Knight)s daughter Caroline (Knight).
Family connections for John (Newsome) are: NEWSOME John (Newsome/Newsone/Newshaw) (perhaps son of John (Newsom/e) & Hannah (???)) was born in 1786 at Wakefield Yorkshire & baptised on 2 4 1786 at Birstall St Peter Yorkshire-or 3 12 1786 at Harewood York England. He was tried at York city Assizes on 6 3 1819, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW on 5 2 1820sic (leaving UK on 5 6 1819) after a voyage of maybe8months on ATLAS; he was Protestant; he was sent to Parramatta on 30 10 1819sic. He is recorded, as John (Newshaw), as being moved to Newcastle on 30 10 1819sic. He is recorded as a former overseer at the Male Factory & further recorded as working for Rev Samuel Marsden from 1819. He married with permission, given about 20 5 1824, Cordelia (???/Knight her second marriage) on 20 5 1824 or 21 6 1824 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He is recorded in 1825 with his wife at Parramatta. He was issued his Certificate of Freedom on 9 3 1826. In 1828 he is recorded as Free by Servitude schoolmaster with his wife at Windsor. He died in 1832sic age about46 at Parramatta & buried on 4 9 1833 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this website] Cordelia (???/Knight) was born about 1795. She married firstly Thomas (Knight) on 5 6 1810 at Bloomsbury St George Camden London & produced 4children. She was tried w/1other for theft of silk etc, on 6&12 6 1821, of Thomas (Craig) & John (Graham) at Old Bailey in June 1821, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict without her husband but with her children on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She placed 2children into Female Orphan Institution on 12 11 1823. She married secondly with permission John (Newsome) on 20 5 1824 or 21 6 1824 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She is recorded in 1825 with her husband at Parramatta. In 1828 she is recorded with her husband at Windsor. She was issued her Ticket of Leave on 27 12 1830 & exempted from labour. She was issued her Conditional Pardon no.29 in 1850. She died in 1853 age about58 at Parramatta mother of 4children & was buried on 16 5 1853 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this website] REFERENCE Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Birth 1786 • Wakefield, Yorkshire, England could be either baptism or neither.. Baptism 2 Apr 1786 • Birstall, St Peter, Yorkshire, England Name John Newsome Event Type Baptism Baptism Date 2 Apr. 1786 Baptism Place Birstall, St Peter, Yorkshire, England Parish as it Appears Birstall, St Peter Father John Newsome Baptism 3 Dec 1786 • Harewood, York, England Name John Newsom Gender Male Birth Date 8 Nov. 1786 Baptism Date 3 Dec. 1786 Baptism Place Harewood,York,England Father John Newsom Mother Hannah FHL Film Number 0844555 IT 5 Residence 6 Mar 1819 • York City, Yorkshire, England Name John Newsome Vessel Atlas Convicted Date 6 Mar. 1819 Voyage Date 5 Jun. 1819 Place of Conviction York, Yorkshire, England Departure 5 Jun 1819 Convicted at: York City Assizes Sentence term: 7 years Ship: Atlas Departure date: 5th June, 1819 Place of arrival New South Wales Passenger manifest Travelled with 166 other convicts Arrival 19 Oct 1819 • Sydney Name John Newsome Age 32 Date of Conviction 6 Mar. 1819 Estimated Birth Year abt 1787 Vessel Atlas (4) Port of Arrival Sydney Date of Arrival 19 Oct. 1819 To Parramatta 30 Oct 1819 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia NEWSOME, John. Per “Atlas”, 1819 1819 Oct 30 - On list of convicts disembarked from the “Atlas” and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; listed as Newshaw (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.2) Colonial Secretary 8 Jul 1823 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 1823 Jul 8 - Former overseer, male factory. Salary of referred to in petition of John Fielding (Reel 6059; 4/1772 p.21) Colonial Secretary 20 May 1824 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 1824 May 20 - Re permission to marry at Parramatta; listed as Newsone (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.71) Marriage 1824 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 3363/1824 V18243363 3B NEWSOME JOHN KNIGHT CORDELIA Cordelia Knight. Convict per Ship; Lord Sidmouth John Newsome. Convict per Ship; Atlas Cordelia White Knight (1794–1853) Colonial Secretary 1825 c.1825 - On return of convicts in the employ of Revd Samuel Marsden; from 1819 (Reel 6064; 4/1789 p.78a) 1825 - On list of Crown servants mustered in the employ of Revd Samuel Marsden; in 1822-24 (Fiche 3143; 4/1843A No.511 p.362) Residence 1825 • Parramatta, New South Wales Name John Newsome Arrival Date 1819 Vessel Atlas Year(s) 1825 1825 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Name; Cordelia Knight Age; No Details Class; Convict Vessel; Ld. Sidmouth - 1822 - Life Employment/Remarks; WIFE; Jas Newsome Parramatta Certificate of Freedom 9 Mar 1826 Name John Newsome Age 38 Birth Year 1788 Native Place Wakefield Arrival Year 1819 Vessel Atlas Certificate Date 9 Mar. 1826 Census 1828 • Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Lucretia Knight. Age; 14. Came Free. Lord Sidmouth 1821 Lodgers, John Newsome. Windsor Mary Knight. Age; 11. Came Free. Lord Sidmouth 1821 Lodgers, John Newsome. Windsor Caroline Knight. Age; 7. Came Free. Lord Sidmouth 1821 Lodgers, John Newsome. Windsor Census 1828 57. John Newsome, No age F. S. Ship; Atlas - 1819. 7 years. Schoolmaster Cordelia Newsome [Cordelia Knight] Age; 33 [1795] Ship; Lord Sidmouth - 1821. Life Death 1833 • Parramatta, New South Wales Name John Newsome Death Date 1832 Death Place Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Date 1832 Registration Place Parramatta, Australia Volume Number V1832503 150 Burial 4 Sep 1833 • St John's Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Name John Newsome Birth Date 1787 Death Date 4 Sep. 1833 Cemetery St. John's Cemetery Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234935419/john-newsome
Colonial Secretary Index. NEWSOME, John. Per "Atlas", 1819 1819 Oct 30 - On list of convicts disembarked from the "Atlas" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; listed as Newshaw (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.2) 1823 Jul 8 - Former overseer, male factory. Salary of referred to in petition of John Fielding (Reel 6059; 4/1772 p.21) 1824 May 20 - Re permission to marry at Parramatta; listed as Newsone (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.71) c.1825 - On return of convicts in the employ of Revd Samuel Marsden; from 1819 (Reel 6064; 4/1789 p.78a) 1825 - On list of Crown servants mustered in the employ of Revd Samuel Marsden; in 1822-24 (Fiche 3143; 4/1843A No.511 p.362) --------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. John Newsome, F.S. Atlas, 1819, 7 years, protestant, Schoolmaster, Windsor district Cordelia (Knight) Newsome, age 33, G.S. Lord Sidmouth 1821, life.